sharktopus

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What does sharktopus mean?

Synonym of lusca; a shark-headed creature with tentacles; a Bahamian folkloric sea monster recast in U.S. pop culture pulp fiction

Where does sharktopus come from?

Blend of shark + octopus, from being a half-shark/half-cephalopod sea monster

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